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Jacques the Fatalist

Novel by Denis Diderot

Title page, 1797 edition

AuthorDenis Diderot
Original titleJacques le fataliste et son maître
LanguageFrench
GenrePhilosophical novel

Publication date

1796
Publication placeFrance

Jacques the Fatalist and his Master (French: Jacques le fataliste et son maître) is a novel by Denis Diderot, written during the period 1765–1780.

The first French edition was published posthumously in 1796, but it was known earlier in Germany, thanks to Schiller's partial translation, which appeared in 1785 and was retranslated into French in 1793, as well as Mylius's complete German version of 1792.

Jacques le fataliste résumé

Plot

The main subject of the book is the relationship between the valet Jacques and his master, who is never named. The two are traveling to a destination the narrator leaves vague, and to dispel the boredom of the journey Jacques is compelled by his master to recount the story of his loves. However, Jacq